Rebecca Long Bailey
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Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford) (Lab)
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s comments about regional growth and the active state are music to my ears, but rather than simply picking winners or de-risking private investment, how will she ensure that we get detailed local industrial strategies that build our domestic productive capacity and supply chains?
Emma Reynolds
I am glad to know that some of what I say is music to my hon. Friend’s ears. I can reassure her that that will be for mayoral strategic authorities to take forward. She is in a part of the country that has had great success in taking forward devolution and using those powers to drive economic growth. I am sure that her area will thrive under this Government, too.